Machine for manufacturing ice and for cooling purposes



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J. G. ROSS-I.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING 103 AND FOR COOLING PURPOSES. No. 397,820.Patented Feb. 12. 1889;

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J. 0. E0831. MAUHINE FOR MANUFACTURING ICE AND FOR COOLING PURPOSES. No.397,820. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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. I |%/ENTOR. 47 268" ossi, By 51's flttorneys NITED STATES PATENTFFICE.

JAMES CAMILLE ltOSSI, OF PERTH AMBOY, NE\Y JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO JOHN T. FARGASON,

OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING ICE AND FOR COOLING PURPOSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,820, dated February12,

Application filed June 9, 1886. Serial No. 204,575. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES CAMILLE ROSSI, of Perth Amboy, in the countyof Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Machines for l\[anufacturing Ice and for CoolingPurposes, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

My improved machine works upon the general principle set forth in myUnited States patent, No. 300,133, dated June 10, 1884, so far as theidea of utilizing the cold solution after it has left the refrigeratoris concerned.

My object is to produce a simple, economical, convenient apparatus,which may be of varying sizes and capacity, to be used mainly forcooling water, but capable of operating continuously and producing ice,if desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central section;and Fig. 2 is a transverse section along the line I 1, shown partly inplan, of Fig. 1.

A indicates a vessel divided into three compartments, A, B, and C, Abeing the cooler or freezer, and I3 and C the eeonomizers orfeed-water-cooling compartments.

M indicates a saltfeeder within the vessel A, provided with a hopper atthe top and 0 resting below on any suitable support, P, upon a falsebottom, F. This salt-feeder is provided with openings near its bottom.

R indicates the can-hold or, supported upon a ledge, S, or the like. Gindicates a pure-water vessel, supported upon the ean-holder byshoulders or projections X, and similar projections are shownsurrounding the salt-feeder and resting on the can-holder.

In the form illustrated the cold-water vessel is circular or ellipticalin cross-section; but it might be angular or in any other suitableforln, surrounding the salt-feeder, or it might be in two or more partsconnected by pipe, according to preference. The form shown, however, isdeemed most convenient for a water-cooler.

E indicates an inlet-pipe coiled or convoluted for the supply of waterto the vessel A, as indicated by the arrows and the dotted lines withinthe vessel A.

"producing a low temperature.

F indicates a space underneath the false bottom which holds up thesalt-feeder.

The arrow at S indicates the overflowopening from vessel A tocompartment B, and the arrow at S indicates the overflowopening from thecompartment 13 to compartment 0.

II indicates the overflow-pipe leading from compartment 0 to anevaporator or any suitable vessel. (Not shown.)

K indicates a cock for drawing water from the vessel G, and O a tunnelfor supplying drinking-water to be cooled.

L indicates cocks for emptying the three compartments A I3 0. Of coursethe pipe E is to be supplied from the hydrant or reservoir with waterunder pressure; but this is not illustrated.

V indicates a cock for cutting off the wa- 7o tor-supply in pipe E. I

The operation is as follows: A suitable salt being supplied in thehopper and salt-feeder, and the water-vessel G being in place and filledwith water, the cock V is opened to per 7 5 l lllt the flow of waterthrough the pipe E into the bottom of the vessel A, where it comes incontact with the salt, which it dissolves, The solution rises in thevessel A, overflows into vessel B, and, after filling that vessel, againoverflows into vessel 0, and finally, if the supply is kept up,overflows through pipe H. Compartment C might be omitted and the finaloverflow be made from compartment B. The overflow in compartments B and0 serves to cool the water-supply in pipe E.- As soon as the overflow inpipe II commences,ordinarily the cock V will be closed, so as to stopthe waste.

By this machine or cooler the water in vessel G will be properly cooled,the supply of salt and salt solution being regulated according to thetemperature desired to be produced. This machine might be used for mak-5 ing ice as well as for cooling water by providing a suitable ice canor cans, N N, supported by the can-holder R within the freezer A, asshown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I I00 claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

An ice-making (lUVlOG consisting of a vessel and a vertical imrtitionhaving an overflow having an outlet-pipe near the top, a centralaperture near its top and separating said vertical partition thereinapertured near its coils from each other, substantially as set Top, avplate or can-holder upon one side of forth. I5

5 said partition, carrying a salt-.l'ecdcr, a water- Tn tcsltnmmywhereof T have hereunlo anhreccyu'acle surrounding the same and thescribed nrynamc.

-y' I 'v'1 V .ll(.,/ill l cane, ilnv conmcled pipc coil:3 loi. the 3 ILunch (AMIHJE HUSH lucomlng'water upon the other side of said partition,extclnling' from top 10 bottom of Witnesses:

10 the VQSSGL and delivering through a perfo- ALFRED EUUL'IJ.)Pmlilldli,

rated plate at the bottom of the salt-feeder JL-U'IES LEWIS (.OMPTON.

